What Chest Protector Do You Wear?

[TheGoalNet]

Vote for what unit you are currently wearing. If you rotate between a couple units, vote for the unit you wear more often. 

[bunnyman666]

I wanted to try a Brown, but finding a new Warrior unit for $160 last year made me a believer. Maybe I will have a Brown one of these years.

[NightWarp]

Had ccm premier... very disappointed.. so getting a Passau in next few weeks

[WillyGrips13]

I voted Vaughn. It's an 8800 Epic from 2010. Still works good. I also have a Brown 2100 (pre-lockout spec) that I use on occasion. That's from 2006. It's EEhuuuuge.

[cwarnar]

Back into a Vaughn V6 2200. Was in McKenney for the past 4 years. Both very similar but mckenney was beefier in the arms vs Vaughn

[fever]

I have 2 Simmons 999's, don't think I'll ever use anything else.

[TheGoalNet]

Current gamer is a GNetik II. It's an amazing unit. Extremely protective and beefy with flexibile arms. I'm always amazed that Brian's is not more popular with C&As. 

For the sake of getting some relevant reviews going, I got some used gear on eBay. I've posted it before, but it's a V6 2200 Howard pro return. I'm really impressed with that unit and the light weight concept. I don't love how the body segment fits though. I'll save more details for the review. 

I don't believe in keeping excess Gear I'm not going to wear, so I'll be parting with one of these in the coming weeks. 

[Matt3533]

I voted for Bauer.  Currently have a Reactor 7000X from The Goalie Crease.  It's pretty much a hybrid of a 7000 and 9000.  Perfect for the beer league.

[DALV1]

Simmons 996 in its sixth year, 3 sessions a week year round. I'd buy again,value/protection works well for me. Although I would really love to try a Brown before my playing days end.... But I'm in my 50's so not likely.

[SaveByRichter35]

Brown 2200

[TheGoalNet]

9 minutes ago, DALV1 said:

Simmons 996 in its sixth year, 3 sessions a week year round. I'd buy again,value/protection works well for me. Although I would really love to try a Brown before my playing days end.... But I'm in my 50's so not likely.

I do think Simmonds is bar none the best bang for the buck. Anyone picking a "Senior" level retail unit over a Simmonds should get their noodle checked out!

Anyone have the 999 model, is that actually light weight? I always thought they made an old school heavy unit

 

[cwarnar]

6 minutes ago, TheGoalNet said:

I do think Simmonds is bar none the best bang for the buck. Anyone picking a "Senior" level retail unit over a Simmonds should get their noodle checked out!

Anyone have the 999 model, is that actually light weight? I always thought they made an old school heavy unit

 

Their C/A's are made by Boddam. I had a Boddam JPB, it was mobile but more bulky than I preferred 

[TheGoalNet]

1 hour ago, cwarnar said:

Their C/A's are made by Boddam. I had a Boddam JPB, it was mobile but more bulky than I preferred 

That's the one thing I am impressed with in the Vaughn. It's not bulky, but it gets the job done. 

[cwarnar]

1 hour ago, TheGoalNet said:

That's the one thing I am impressed with in the Vaughn. It's not bulky, but it gets the job done. 

I agree... my first skate in the 2200, was night and day from the McKenney. 

Light and mobile. No issues so far with stingers, in the event I do, I'll likely send it to Dennis at Factory Mad for a beef up

[mik]

Bauer NXG and previous ONE95 as reserve (almost the same unit).  

[A10airknight]

I use a Brown 2200

[SaveByRichter35]

23 hours ago, TheGoalNet said:

Current gamer is a GNetik II. It's an amazing unit. Extremely protective and beefy with flexibile arms. I'm always amazed that Brian's is not more popular with C&As. 

For the sake of getting some relevant reviews going, I got some used gear on eBay. I've posted it before, but it's a V6 2200 Howard pro return. I'm really impressed with that unit and the light weight concept. I don't love how the body segment fits though. I'll save more details for the review. 

I don't believe in keeping excess Gear I'm not going to wear, so I'll be parting with one of these in the coming weeks. 

What size is that Howard c/a?

[TheGoalNet]

17 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

What size is that Howard c/a?

XL Body and Medium Arms 

Pro beef up kit

beefed up farms

air pillow under floaters

I think most of these features are incorporated into the V7

[sebastiancp1]

Brown 2400.

[Hills]

On 4/8/2017 at 5:02 PM, TheGoalNet said:

Current gamer is a GNetik II. It's an amazing unit. Extremely protective and beefy with flexibile arms. I'm always amazed that Brian's is not more popular with C&As. 

For the sake of getting some relevant reviews going, I got some used gear on eBay. I've posted it before, but it's a V6 2200 Howard pro return. I'm really impressed with that unit and the light weight concept. I don't love how the body segment fits though. I'll save more details for the review. 

I don't believe in keeping excess Gear I'm not going to wear, so I'll be parting with one of these in the coming weeks. 

I was going to buy a Gnetik 2 but wasn't a fan with how the only difference from the 1 was a logo change. While I understand the "If it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality but I didn't think it would make for a great review.

I went with a Brown 2400/2200 Russian spec hybrid. I wrote a bunch of stuff on why I went with it here if you are interested.

https://hockeyreviews.ca/2016/07/06/brown-24002200-russian-spec-chest-protector-initial-review/

[jayluv54]

V6 2200...biceps beefed up with old Vaughn thigh guards

[TheGoalNet]

59 minutes ago, Hills said:

I was going to buy a Gnetik 2 but wasn't a fan with how the only difference from the 1 was a logo change. While I understand the "If it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality but I didn't think it would make for a great review.

I went with a Brown 2400/2200 Russian spec hybrid. I wrote a bunch of stuff on why I went with it here if you are interested.

https://hockeyreviews.ca/2016/07/06/brown-24002200-russian-spec-chest-protector-initial-review/

You should post all your YouTube reviews in the review section, I am sure people would love to check them out 

[A10airknight]

1 hour ago, Hills said:

I was going to buy a Gnetik 2 but wasn't a fan with how the only difference from the 1 was a logo change. While I understand the "If it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality but I didn't think it would make for a great review.

I went with a Brown 2400/2200 Russian spec hybrid. I wrote a bunch of stuff on why I went with it here if you are interested.

https://hockeyreviews.ca/2016/07/06/brown-24002200-russian-spec-chest-protector-initial-review/

Hills, your review was why I went with the 2400 rib protection on my 2200 unit. Thanks for that! I would have gotten the Russian spec too, but my arms were too short for the pieces to fit.

[SaveByRichter35]

2 hours ago, TheGoalNet said:

XL Body and Medium Arms 

Pro beef up kit

beefed up farms

air pillow under floaters

I think most of these features are incorporated into the V7

Damn, that would never fit me.  Oh well.

[TheGoalNet]

20 minutes ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

Damn, that would never fit me.  Oh well.

Sorry! It will be for sale soon. 

I tweaked the straps on my Gnetik and made it feel thinner... it's perfect now